Original Dataset

Coded Dataset

Q1. Below is a list of various centrally managed sources of energy. How risky are each of these energy technologies according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all risky, slightly risky, moderately risky, very risky, or extremely risky

Q2. Following is a list of various individually or community-owned and managed sources of energy. How risky are each of these energy technologies according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all risky, slightly risky, moderately risky, very risky, or extremely risky.

Q3. Following is a list of centrally managed sources of energy. How beneficial are each of these according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all beneficial, slightly beneficial, moderately beneficial, very beneficial, or extremely beneficial?

Q4. Following is a list of various individually or community owned and managed sources of energy. How beneficial are each of these according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all beneficial, slightly beneficial, moderately beneficial, very beneficial or extremely beneficial ?

## [1] "factor"
## [1] "perceivedbenefit.mean" "perceivedrisk.mean"

Principal Component Analysis on Kahan et al (2007) scale

PCA on the economic -political values of the perceiver

## Importance of components:
##                           PC1    PC2    PC3    PC4     PC5     PC6     PC7
## Standard deviation     1.4705 1.2373 1.1700 1.0027 0.96948 0.90729 0.86862
## Proportion of Variance 0.1966 0.1392 0.1245 0.0914 0.08545 0.07483 0.06859
## Cumulative Proportion  0.1966 0.3358 0.4602 0.5516 0.63706 0.71189 0.78048
##                            PC8     PC9    PC10    PC11
## Standard deviation     0.83091 0.80331 0.78471 0.68059
## Proportion of Variance 0.06276 0.05866 0.05598 0.04211
## Cumulative Proportion  0.84325 0.90191 0.95789 1.00000

PCA on eco-pol characteristics of the technology - Solar Energy

PCA on eco-pol characteristics of the technology - Nuclear Energy